I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.

Truth is God, and truth overrides all our plans.

If we would be pure, if we would save Hinduism, we must rid ourselves of this poison of enforced widowhood.

The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy.

Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.

I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her.

To shirk taking of vows betrays indecision and want of resolution.